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CENTRUM (centra)

• CENTRUM (noun)
The noun CENTRUM has 1 sense:

1. the main body of a vertebra

Familiarity information: CENTRUM used as a noun is very rare.

• CENTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The main body of a vertebra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("centrum" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "centrum"):

haemal arch; hemal arch (a structure arising ventrally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the caudal blood vessels)

neural arch; vertebral arch (a structure arising dorsally from a vertebral centrum and enclosing the spinal cord)

Holonyms ("centrum" is a part of...):

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

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Useful links:
Pronunciation of neural arch
Definition of vertebra
Pronunciation of vertebral arch
Definition of os
Definition of haemal arch

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